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[Python-Dev] Thoughts fresh after EuroPython

[Python-Dev] Thoughts fresh after EuroPython [Python-Dev] Thoughts fresh after EuroPythonGuido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Jul 26 05:42:14 CEST 2010
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Peter Portante
<peter.a.portante at gmail.com> wrote:
> FWIW: We use Python at Tabblo, straddled across Python 2.5.4 and 2.6.5. They
> work. And they work well. But we make light use of threads (mostly
> background I/O handling), and heavy use of multiple processes because we
> can't take advantage of our multi-core systems otherwise.

Isn't this an indication that the GIL is, in fact, not (much of) a problem?

I wish those trying to get rid of the GIL well. But it may not be the
panacea some folks are hoping for. Multi-threaded programming remains
hard (and removing the GIL might actually make it harder).

Jython and IronPython don't have a GIL, and I think PyPy may not
either. Does anyone have experience with GIL-free programming in one
of those?

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